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The Marketplace of IdeasTue, 03 Mar 2015 22:41:28 +0200hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: Jean Steeleyhttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/moses-african-king/#comment-208934
Thu, 09 Jan 2014 20:41:51 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=214114#comment-208934Author Robert Bauval: Black Genesis
]]>By: Zev Stubhttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/moses-african-king/#comment-207076
Tue, 07 Jan 2014 21:41:47 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=214114#comment-207076I've always been fascinated by the idea that Moses could have been a Sudanese king before coming back to his people. The idea presents a complete paradigm shift for understanding Israel's most important and enigmatic leader in history. But for intellectual honesty, the author should have mentioned that the number of traditional sources that refer to the Midrash on this as a fraud greatly outnumber the number of sources that support it. Its a wild idea, and there may be a basis for it, but its definitely not "the Jewish tradition."
]]>By: Anonymoushttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/moses-african-king/#comment-206476
Mon, 06 Jan 2014 19:46:34 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=214114#comment-206476The Africans, for the most part, weren't literate and so there are few physical records other than artifacts or some oral stories. But then, there are no written records of any Moses in Egypt either.
]]>By: Tamas Somogyihttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/moses-african-king/#comment-206474
Mon, 06 Jan 2014 19:39:51 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=214114#comment-206474jgarbuz, of course; but as a university professor he should be more careful and less sloppy about what he publishes. I hope he demands more rigor from his students.
]]>By: ל. ז.http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/moses-african-king/#comment-206472
Mon, 06 Jan 2014 19:30:55 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=214114#comment-206472fascinating!!!
Thank you Simcha!
]]>By: Paul Ringohttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/moses-african-king/#comment-206470
Mon, 06 Jan 2014 19:07:17 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=214114#comment-206470Very good article. Josephus also mentioned Moses being married to a Kushite queen. I'm not sure he agrees with the exact time period mentioned here (which I question also) but he reported the same event. I wonder if there are records from Africa about the rulers that include Moses?
]]>By: Anonymoushttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/moses-african-king/#comment-206468
Mon, 06 Jan 2014 18:59:38 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=214114#comment-206468I think he meant to say 3,500 years ago, which would have been circa 1500 BC.
]]>By: Anonymoushttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/moses-african-king/#comment-206466
Mon, 06 Jan 2014 18:58:38 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=214114#comment-206466I believe Moses married a Kushite after he divorced his first wife, Zipporah who was a Midianite (Arab). I do t hink that Moses was raised in the royal household and even the movie version sees his returning from Ethiopia with much treasure. So the chance that Moses was indeed a highly educated Egyptian nobleman who discovered his Hebrew roots is a reasonable interpretation.
]]>By: Anonymoushttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/moses-african-king/#comment-206096
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]]>By: Eytan David Yadlovkerhttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/moses-african-king/#comment-205854
Mon, 06 Jan 2014 01:21:19 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=214114#comment-205854i would love to see more sources and information on this – where can i get it?
]]>By: Gedalyah Chaim Rebackhttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/moses-african-king/#comment-205726
Sun, 05 Jan 2014 21:50:34 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=214114#comment-205726I think many people take the midrashic story of Moses' time in Sudan to be more fable than history, even and especially among the Orthodox. If however there is a desire to highlight the apparent flooding of Sudanese archaeological sites, then this article needs more elaboration on what those 1000 sites are.
]]>By: Tamas Somogyihttp://blogs.timesofisrael.com/moses-african-king/#comment-205724
Sun, 05 Jan 2014 21:38:54 +0000http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=214114#comment-2057243,500 BCE? I think you're off by a couple of millennia.
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